{"id":2492,"date":"2026-04-16T09:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hungamagamechangers.bollywoodhungama.com\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2026-04-16T09:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T09:11:17","slug":"teejan-bai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hungamagamechangers.bollywoodhungama.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/teejan-bai\/","title":{"rendered":"TEEJAN  BAI"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2492\" class=\"elementor elementor-2492\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3d86912 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3d86912\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-08db8b9\" data-id=\"08db8b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bb9b87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0bb9b87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.5 - 27-04-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Teejan Bai is a legendary Indian Pandavani folk singer from Chhattisgarh, known for her powerful storytelling through music based on the Mahabharata. 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